Configure IP Address Matching for Hosts
In certain environments, where hosts or VMs are frequently provisioned and/or decommissioned causing IP addresses to be re-used, these duplicate IP addresses can result in multiple aliases for a single host.
Use the system parameter: USE_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_HOST_MATCHING to activate/deactivate IP address matching.
APTARE StorageConsole is shipped with a value of 1 which indicates matching is turned on. You can turn it off by changing the value to 0. When set to 0, a collected host with an IP address that matches a host in the database, but that has a different host name, will result in the creation of a new host in the database.
Use the following procedure to modify the IP match setting.
1. Log in to the Portal Server as user aptare.
2. Type the following command:
sqlplus portal/<portal_password>
3. Locate the default value:
SELECT param_value
FROM ptl_system_parameter
WHERE param_name='USE_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_HOST_MATCHING';
4. Update the parameter USE_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_HOST_MATCHING by changing the param_value. The default is 1 which indicates matching is turned on. You can turn it off by changing the value to 0.
update ptl_system_parameter set param_value=0 where
param_name='USE_IP_ADDRESS_FOR_HOST_MATCHING';
commit;